Baseball Players You Miss

Chris Nabholz
Brian Barnes
Frank Tanana
Lou Whitaker
Robin Ventura
any proficient base stealer
any knuckleballer

Scott Rolen (lolz)

Ah, Daver, there's always a chance Snacks will come back! I'm sure he's stil kicking around some independent league.

Wasn't "Snacks" Lidle's nickname?

I don't know who this "Snacks" is, but if you're talking about Rich Garces, then you're talking about EL GUAPO.

Rod Carew, Bert Campaneris

knuckleballer seconded

willie mcgee
dave parker
jeffrey leonard
gerald perry
steve balboni

Dan Quisenberry!

Al Hrabosky

eddie murray - dude gets fired more than me!

Luis Tiant

http://www.boston.com/sports/contests/elguapo/

Enter below to win a chance to take batting practice thrown by “El Guapo” himself, enjoy a pre-game meal with Rich Garces at the stadium, and watch the game with three guests of your choice.

“The El Guapo Experience” grand prize includes:

* Four (4) tickets to the Saturday, August 4th Nashua Pride vs. Brockton Rox game at Holman Stadium in Nashua, NH
* A chance to take batting practice thrown by “El Guapo” before the game (subject to availability)
* A pre-game meal with Rich Garces at the stadium
* Four (4) “El Guapo” t-shirts
* Four (4) “El Guapo” Bobblebelly figurines

I miss the hothead kind of psycho closer like Randy Myers, Rob Dibble, Mitch Williams, Goose Gossage, etc. Those guys were freaking show business. That game where Dibble freaked out on the mound against the Cubs and on a bunt (or maybe tipped) hit where he threw the ball at Dawson running down the line was one of the funniest things I have ever seen on a baseball diamond.

Eric Davis
Eric the Red was a really unique player.

Mark Grace
Eye black, no batting gloves, sweet swing...and some day games it looked like he was coming off a long night.

Joe Oliver
Joe was a dude.

Ron Cey
The guy was really good, but man did he look awkward.

Ryne Sandberg

Apparently Guapo's teammates called him 'Snacks' because, well, you know.

Mark Grace
Eye black, no batting gloves, sweet swing...and some day games it looked like he was coming off a long night.

Probably out hunting slumpbusters.

I would have liked to have seen Bob Gibson

I thought I missed Dave Magadan but saw that he was now the red sox hitting coach and is thus now dead to me.

Casey Candaele

And Nolan Ryan

Let's just say all onetime Expos not named Ugueth Urbina.

even Tim Raines Jr.?

Andre Dawson (both as Expo and Cub)
Shawon-O-Meter era Shawon Dunston

http://graphics.boston.com:80/images/icons/icon_chat.gifCHAT WITH 'EL GUAPO' ON WEDNESDAY AT NOON:
Rich "El Guapo" Garces will check in Wednesday at noon from the Nashua Pride bullpen (during a game!) to answer your questions about his Sox career, pitching with the Pride, and his goals.
CONTEST: Enter to win The El Guapo Experience

Luis Tiant, Fernando Valenzuela, Ron Cey, Kevin Mitchell, MARK FIDRYCH

ryne sandberg and eric davis were two of my favorites as a kid, but I didn't realize that davis was only three HRs shy of becoming the first ever 40-40 player.

Junior Spivey

Mike Pagliarulo!

I AM CHATTING WITH EL GUAPO RIGHT NOW

Casey Candaele

-- boldbury, Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:25 PM (1 week ago)

!!!!!

His little brother was nationally ranked in track and cross country (I beat him).

Holy shit:

"In addition to being an outstanding head coach, Coley excelled as a youth, prep, and collegiate student/athlete. From the ages of 7 through 14 he won 8 national age group cross-country and track titles. As a high school student/athlete (at Carpenteria HS) Coley played football as his team’s starting quarterback and captain. He led his team to a 38-3-1 record, 3 varsity league titles and 3 CIF Championships. He was also named All-CIF 2 Years and CIF Player-of-the-Year his senior season.Additionally, Coley ran track (800 meters and 1600 meters) and won 4 varsity league team titles, 7 individual CIF titles, 4 Master Meet titles, 1 State Title and was named CIF State Athlete-of-the-Year as a senior.Continuing into college, Coley was a collegiate student/athlete at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he earned the honors of All-American twice and Track Scholar/Athlete-of-the-Year."

I REMINISCE
I REMINISCE
horn stabs

El Guapo didn't answer my question ;_;

i miss big sam horn, albert belle, harold baines...eddie for sure.

Casey Candaele

-- boldbury, Sunday, July 15, 2007 3:25 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

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And Nolan Ryan

-- boldbury, Sunday, July 15, 2007 3:26 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

Casey and Nolan were both on hand for the Craig Biggio 3000 Hit ceremony before the game yesterday. Obviously, since I included his name in this thread, I was pretty excited to see Candeale out on the field. However, it certainly doesn't compare to the spontaneous electricity that shoots through the crowd at Minute Maid Park the instant everybody realized that Nolan Ryan is in the park. Bagwell was the other former-teammate to take part in the ceremony.

I miss Bill Hall, power hitter, and Rickie Weeks, actual hitter.

Rich Harden

The Tigers' starting rotation from '06 through the '07 AS break

greg luzinski
von hayes
ron cey
paul o'neill
willie mcgee
ron guidry
roy white

oh, i almost forgot -- how could i forget THESE two! -- mickey rivers and bake mcbride.